Vermonts numbers are heavily skewed by a high proportion of prison residents who are not Vermont residents. A large portion violent crime in the state is committed by people from surrounding states trafficking drugs. For instance Burlington had 5 murders last year, all 5 were committed by POC 3 against POC, and of the 5 committing the crime only 2 were a Vermont resident2. The others were from cities. A 4th one was a resident but only because they were on probation for a drug crime they committed in VT but came from Brooklyn.